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Endosense initiates enrollment in TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter Study for Atrial Fibrillation

Endosense, a medical technology company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and accessibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has announced first patient enrollment in the TOCCASTAR (TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter Study for Atrial Fibrillation) clinical study at Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, by study investigator Petr Neuzil, M.D.

12 Jan 2011

Salix and CCA offer Colonoscopy For Dummies

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., in partnership with the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA), is proud to announce the availability of Colonoscopy For Dummies.

12 Jan 2011

Insufficient evidence of interstitial brachytherapy's advantages for localized prostate cancer treatment

It remains an unresolved issue as to whether interstitial brachytherapy has advantages compared to other therapy options in men with localized prostate cancer, nor do newer studies provide proof in this respect. This is the result of a report published by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) on 11 January 2011.

12 Jan 2011

Lightning Process training course tops in survey by ME/ CFS

A revolutionary self training course has emerged top in a survey conducted by the Sussex and Kent ME/ CFS Society.

12 Jan 2011

Surge in cataract surgeries fuels intraocular lens market to almost $1.4 billion

According to two new reports by iData Research, the leading global authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, growth in the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the detection of ocular conditions will drive the U.S. diagnostic ophthalmic market to over $650 million by 2017.

12 Jan 2011

RaySearch Laboratories forms US subsidiary, RaySearch Americas

RaySearch Laboratories AB has formed a US subsidiary named RaySearch Americas Inc. The new company will be located in New York and will market RaySearch's treatment planning system RayStation in the North American market.

12 Jan 2011

Apixaban drug raises hope for DVT prevention in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery

A worldwide research consortium that includes the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has proven that a new drug is more effective and easier to use than current medicines in the prevention of blood clots following hip replacement surgery.

12 Jan 2011

Hybrid cochlear implant may benefit patients with profound hearing loss

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of nine centers in the U.S., and the only in Illinois, that is participating in a study investigating the effectiveness of a new cochlear implant device that aims to restore hearing for individuals with high-frequency hearing loss and functional low-frequency hearing.

12 Jan 2011

Behavioral therapies help improve bladder control in men following prostate cancer surgery

Behavioral therapies such as pelvic-floor-muscle training and bladder-control strategies can reduce incontinence episodes by more than 50 percent in men following prostate-cancer surgery, according to new research from the Center for Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Birmingham/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.

12 Jan 2011

Bone marrow stem cell transplantation provides therapeutic benefit to patients with end-stage liver disease

Transplanting their own bone marrow-derived stem cells into 48 patients with end-stage liver disease resulted in therapeutic benefit to a high number of the patients, report researchers publishing in the current issue of Cell Transplantation. Yet, the mechanism by which the infusion of CD34+ stem cells improves liver function remains elusive, they say.

11 Jan 2011

Stereotaxis announces first successful cardiac ablation procedure with Vdrive robotic navigation system

Stereotaxis, Inc. announces the first successful cardiac ablation procedure with the Vdrive™ robotic navigation system as the company received CE Mark for this latest innovation.

11 Jan 2011

AccessClosure launches Mynx Cadence Vascular Closure Device

AccessClosure, the U.S. market leader in extravascular closure devices, announced today the launch of its next generation product, the Mynx Cadence Vascular Closure Device.

11 Jan 2011

Haiti teen to undergo open-heart surgery at Montefiore

Mahalia Desruisseaux, M.D., assistant professor of pathology and of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University who had traveled to Haiti to assist in the relief effort, identified a serious heart condition. Now, one year later, Ms. Ajuste will undergo open-heart surgery at Montefiore, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for Einstein, to correct the defect.

11 Jan 2011

Shady Grove Fertility and Cade Foundation grant help paralyzed patient and wife deliver healthy baby boy

Shady Grove Fertility Center is pleased to announce the birth of Collin James Sharp, born December 8, 2010 to Jennifer and David Sharp of Richmond, VA. The 7 lb. 15 oz baby boy's birth was made possible through a partnership of Shady Grove Fertility and the Cade Foundation.

11 Jan 2011

Emotional progress of patients treated with dialysis in the Basque Country Autonomous Community: Study

Patients who have to undergo dialysis see their lives inevitably affected by the treatment. Despite medical advances, the quality of life perceived by these kidney patients has improved very little, although it varies from person to person. Basing this as her starting point, Dr Begoña Ruiz de Alegría studied the emotional progress of patients treated with dialysis (hospitalised haemodialysis treatment and domiciliary peritoneal dialysis) in the Basque Country Autonomous Community.

11 Jan 2011

First commercial deployment of Hotspur GPSCath Balloon Dilatation Catheter

Hotspur Technologies, Inc. announced today that Dr. Bruce Lin, M.D., and Dr. Stephen Liu, M.D., Interventional Radiologists at Lifelink Interventional Center in Modesto, California, performed the first commercial deployment of the company's GPSCath™ Balloon Dilatation Catheter.

11 Jan 2011

WellApps releases Colonoscopy Prep Assistant

WellApps, LLC, developer of GI Monitor for Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis, announced today the release of Colonoscopy Prep Assistant. During the portion of colonoscopy preparation when a patient ingests a liquid laxative, Colonoscopy Prep Assistant tracks the number of glasses completed and time between glasses, notifying the patient when it's time to drink their next glass. The app is available for free in iTunes and the Android Market.

11 Jan 2011

AlloSource, Wright Medical Group enter supply and distribution agreement for FUSIONFLEX graft

Wright Medical Group, a global orthopaedic medical device company, today announced a supply and distribution agreement with AlloSource for FUSIONFLEX™ Bone Matrix, a unique bone repair scaffold for use in primary fusion procedures of the foot and ankle, as well as other orthopaedic bone grafting applications.

11 Jan 2011

World's first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold receives CE Mark approval

Abbott announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for the world's first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Abbott's BVS device restores blood flow by opening a clogged vessel and providing support to the vessel until the device dissolves within approximately two years, leaving patients with a treated vessel free of a permanent metallic implant. Abbott's BVS device will be commercialized under the brand name ABSORB.

10 Jan 2011

CoreLab Partners releases ImagEngine imaging sciences application

CoreLab Partners, Inc, the global entity resulting from the merger between RadPharm, Inc and Medifacts International, has launched a new advanced imaging application named ImagEngine®.

10 Jan 2011

Medical Procedure News

Endosense initiates enrollment in TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter Study for Atrial Fibrillation

Salix and CCA offer Colonoscopy For Dummies

Insufficient evidence of interstitial brachytherapy's advantages for localized prostate cancer treatment

Lightning Process training course tops in survey by ME/ CFS

Surge in cataract surgeries fuels intraocular lens market to almost $1.4 billion

RaySearch Laboratories forms US subsidiary, RaySearch Americas

Apixaban drug raises hope for DVT prevention in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery

Hybrid cochlear implant may benefit patients with profound hearing loss

Behavioral therapies help improve bladder control in men following prostate cancer surgery

Bone marrow stem cell transplantation provides therapeutic benefit to patients with end-stage liver disease

Stereotaxis announces first successful cardiac ablation procedure with Vdrive robotic navigation system

AccessClosure launches Mynx Cadence Vascular Closure Device

Haiti teen to undergo open-heart surgery at Montefiore

Shady Grove Fertility and Cade Foundation grant help paralyzed patient and wife deliver healthy baby boy

Emotional progress of patients treated with dialysis in the Basque Country Autonomous Community: Study

First commercial deployment of Hotspur GPSCath Balloon Dilatation Catheter

WellApps releases Colonoscopy Prep Assistant

AlloSource, Wright Medical Group enter supply and distribution agreement for FUSIONFLEX graft

World's first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold receives CE Mark approval

CoreLab Partners releases ImagEngine imaging sciences application

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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